Chamaeleon Infrared Nebula

Noirlab_chamirnebula_dss_oct2021_1024

noirlab_ChamIRNebula_DSS_Oct2021 December 7th, 2021

Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Digitized Sky Survey

A wide-field view of the area around the Chamaeleon Infrared Nebula.

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/ChamIRNebula_DSS_Oct2021/

Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Chamaeleon
Noirlab_chamirnebula_dss_oct2021_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 11h 9m 42.5s
DEC = -77° 27’ 35.1”
Orientation
North is 0.5° CW
Field of View
6.8 x 7.9 degrees
Constellation
Chamaeleon

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red DSS (None) Optical (I) 829.0 nm
Orange DSS (None) Optical (R) 649.0 nm
Cyan DSS (None) Optical (B) 479.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Orange
Cyan
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ID
ChamIRNebula_DSS_Oct2021
Subject Category
Subject Name
Chamaeleon
Credits
NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Digitized Sky Survey
Release Date
2021-12-07T13:04:28
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/ChamIRNebula_DSS_Oct2021/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Digitized Sky Survey, Digitized Sky Survey, Digitized Sky Survey
Instrument
None, None, None
Color Assignment
Red, Orange, Cyan
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
I, R, B
Central Wavelength
829, 649, 479
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
None, None, None
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
167.42713109257411, -77.45974245155816
Reference Dimension
24161.0, 27832.0
Reference Pixel
12080.5, 13916.0
Scale
-0.0002826986901896218, 0.0002826986901896218
Rotation
-0.54000000000000425
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
NSF's NOIRLab
URL
https://noirlab.edu
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
950 North Cherry Ave.
City
Tucson
State/Province
AZ
Postal Code
85719
Country
USA
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
NSF's NOIRLab
Publisher ID
noirlab
Resource ID
ChamIRNebula_DSS_Oct2021
Metadata Date
2021-10-18T11:25:36+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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